Emily Carr University of Art + Design Master of Design, Interaction
Emily Carr University of Art + Design

Emily Carr University of Art + Design

Master of Design, Interaction

Vancouver, Canada

Master degree

4 years

English

On-Campus

Key Summary

    About: The Master of Design (MDes) in Interaction focuses on designing interactive experiences through technology and creative practices. Students learn to innovate and develop user-centered designs, exploring visual communication, usability, and the impact of design on society. The program includes hands-on projects and collaboration with industry partners.
    Career Outcomes: Graduates can pursue careers as interaction designers, user experience designers, product designers, or digital strategists in various sectors, including tech, education, and business. Other opportunities include roles in research, consultancy, and academia.

Master of Design, Interaction

Launched in the fall of 2019, our MDes (Interaction) program encourages context driven, participatory work addressing innovative practices and emerging concerns in the Interaction Design field.

As a student, you will focus on emergent technology from an ethical perspective and tap into aspects of data science as it relates to user experience design. Issues and possibilities in this arena are examined in a designated design studio that focuses on established practices and designated research methods and theory courses specialized for Interaction Design.

Participate in collaborative design research to address embodied knowledge; digital relations and resistance; the narrative of data and information as a human right; linkages with the more than human; new gender relations; and decoloniality as a practice for agency and Indigenous ways of being.

Working closely with your thesis supervisor, faculty and peers, you will learn to identify the context for your own practice through internship offerings, writing projects, group critiques, field trips, and lectures and studio visits from renowned designers